MXA’S BIRTHDAY BOY: THE MAN WHO LOVED RACING TOO MUCH TO QUIT

MXA’S BIRTHDAY BOY: THE MAN WHO LOVED RACING TOO MUCH TO QUIT

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The late Chuck”Feets’ Minert raced until he was 83 years old. He is the oldest big-name star to keep racing without ever retiring. He started in 1947. He is standing behind the BSA model that the British company made to commemorate his 1956 Catalina Grand Prix victory.

Feets Minert won the Catalina Grand Prix in 1956 and appeared in “On Any Sunday” while racing the 1970 Trans-AMA for the BSA team. His birthday was on July 17, 1931. He would have been 86 this year.